What's your favorite beer in the Caribbean?

[Snorkel Dawg]

I have really enjoyed Carib & Red Stripe. Sometimes maybe a lil too much lol!:D

 

What are some other Caribbean brews I should try?

[Liz Pereira]

You can also try Stag! :)

[curiousx]

Hairoun (SVG)

[Snorkel Dawg]

I do remember liking the Stingray beer we had on Grand Caymen last year. Quite an appropiately named beer to have after we did a snorkeling tour w/stingrays!

[barbados]

For me, an old beer wholesaler, it doesn't get any better than Trinidad-brewed Carib.

 

The Port-of-Spain brewery (partially owned by Heineken) uses British malt, European hops and cane sugar.

 

When they buy Barbados cane for a run it excells! LOL

 

There are others that come close (forgive me Banks), but Carib takes-the-cake. :)

[goneclear]

Got to agree with Barbados, Carib is good but I stll like STAG more. Piton from St. Lucia is also very good.

[Snorkel Dawg]

Has anyone seen Carib beer for retail sale here in the US?

[barbados]

Please contact Humberto Barrios from DCI-Miami, the sole importers of Carib beer to the U.S. at:

 

humberto.barrios@caribbeerus.com

 

He will be happy to advise where you can find this wonderful beer in your area.

[Scooter-n-GB]

I had a 9% ABV microbrew at a place in Georgetown, GC called Hammerheads. Can't remember the name of it though. I asked the waitress what was on tap, and was just happy to hear that there was local microbrew, and even though it was quite warm, I decided to have a 20oz glass of this very hefty brew.

 

Reminded me of the winter ales we get up here in the Northeast.

 

And, while technically not really in the Caribbean, I do like Kalik Gold (Bahamas).

 

Mexican Caribbean: I really enjoyed the Negro Modelo at Casa Denis.

[Snorkel Dawg]

Yo Scooter at least the bar had a cool name. Hammerheads! Have to visit that place next time in GC & hopefully get a cold one. Or 2!:D

[Scooter-n-GB]

Emphasis added on the "hammer". Actually, only have a couple. I generally try not to drink the heavy brews on a warm day. Beer was ice cold, but it was still THICK to drink. More apt for a winter day here in Maine. :D

[Snorkel Dawg]

Yo Scoot,

 

That sounds kinda like something I get when we go to the late Chicago Bear Walter Payton's place in Aurora IL, The Roundhouse (an old train roundhouse which has been beautifully renovated into a resturant, museum, several smaller clubs, cigar bars etc inside). They serve an awesome 7 micro brew beer sampler that goes from a ultra light to a kind of "motor oil" & trust me when you get to the last of the 7, it's hammertime as well. Then I have the wife drive me home.

[Scooter-n-GB]

Hey Dawg,

 

Certainly does sound about right! The Roundhouse sounds like a pretty decent place! If I'm ever in the area, I'll have to look it up.

 

They say Guinness is like a meal? Well, this stuff was the meal, and a hefty dose of dessert also. Quite a bit of malt/malt syrup.

 

Probably be pretty good at cutting the heat of some of that hot and spicy Caribbean fare too!

[cruiseapril]

Amstel in Curacao when it's 90 degrees outside!

[Snorkel Dawg]

Hooray For Red Stripe Beer! the brew I'll be enjoying while sittin topside at the pool bar. Thank you jamaica

 

 

[Snorkel Dawg]

Anyone else have opinions on great local Caribbean beers to try? Will be in the islands of St. Kitts, Guadaloupe, Martinique, Barbados, & St. Lucia in March...looking for some different beers to try...

[SmokinActuary]

Hairoun (SVG)

 

Hairoun is good stuff.

 

I am partial to the Guinness Foreign Extra Stout you get on the islands.

 

There is a brewpup in Old San Juan near the piers that makes excellent beer.

[SmokinActuary]

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[wtcruzr]

Have to vote for Guiness. So many pilsners just have no flavor and the light stuff is for washing out the gutters. Its light because they take the good stuff out. But taste is subjective.

[Snorkel Dawg]

Which island did you have the Hairoun beer at?

[SmokinActuary]

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). They also have EKU, a german beer brewed locally.

 

You MAY be able to find these on St. Lucia. Both of them beat the pants off of Piton Beer IMO.

[Snorkel Dawg]

Yo Smokin,

 

Thanks for the heads up. I'll definately look for a cold EKU while in St. Lucia!

 

 

I was quite surprised to hear from you that EKU is now brewed in St. Lucia.

I was born in Germany, my mother was from Kulmbach where EKU and three other beers are curently brewed. The others are Monchshof Brau, Kulmbacher, & Kapuziner. I live in the US since I was a baby but have wenr back to visit twice & fondly recall enjoying the great local beers in Kulmbach. Thanks again & maybe you would enjoy this website...

 

http://www.kulmbacher.de/de/klbag/

[SmokinActuary]

EKU is brewed in SVG and imported to St Lucia. It is not of the same quality of the German brew, but it is quite a bit better than most Caribbean beers.

[Snorkel Dawg]

I'm not familiar with SVG? Where is that?

 

Have you ever tried the "EKU 28"? It's 28% alcohol brewed in Kulmbach Germany but not sold there. It's sent abroad & sold as a pricy imported beer. Packs a PUNCH!

[SmokinActuary]

SVG is shorthand for "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines".

 

Oh and I have had EKU 28 on multiple occassions. I would also have Samiclaus and have them battle it out.

 

For other posters, a picture of EKU 28 can be found in the dictionary next to the word "narcolepsy".

 

Oh it is not 28% alcohol, I think 28 refers to degrees plato, which measures the sugar in the wort. The ABV is 11%.